Kenneth Thompson
Production Supervisor at STORIS, Inc.
New Jersey, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKenneth Thompson is a seasoned backend developer and production supervisor with 14 years building reliable, scalable systems for the home furnishings industry while based in New Jersey. At STORIS he progressed from Software Developer I to Technical Lead and now oversees production, blending hands-on engineering with operational leadership. He contributes to open-source tooling for Node.js microservices—improving caching, context handling, and type safety in the popular Moleculer framework—reflecting a penchant for dependable infrastructure. A strong documenter who even jokes about preferring a hashmap, Kenneth combines pragmatic engineering, clear documentation, and a track record of shipping robust backend features that bridge development and production needs.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Economics, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Economics at Rutgers University
Github Skills (11)
typescript10
microservices-application10
javascript10
nodejs10
typescripts10
microservices10
moleculer10
type-safety10
typescript-types10
dts9
distributed-systems9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
moleculerjs/moleculer
Jul 2019 - Aug 2020
:rocket: Progressive microservices framework for Node.js
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:16 commits, 9 PRs, 20 comments in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Kenneth contributed to the Moleculer framework by implementing and refining features related to caching and context handling. They added a `prefix` property to cacher types and specified type overrides. The user also refactored the `Context` class, changing the way parameters are defaulted in the `call` function, including type refinements. These changes enhance the framework's type safety and improve how actions are invoked.
moleculersoanode-jsframeworkmicroservice-framework
kthompson23/moleculer
Jul 2019 - Nov 2024
:rocket: Progressive microservices framework for Node.js
Contributions:19 pushes, 19 branches in 5 years 4 months
node-jsframeworkprogressiverocketnodejs
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